Incubator attachment



' March 2 1926.

K. POMMER INCUBATOR ATTACHMENT Filed Au v St 1925 Patented Mar. 2, 1926.

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KATIE POMIVIEB, .OF BEMlDJLiMINNEsoT'An INGUB'ATOR JAIITAGHMENT.

Application fi-1edAu gust 1-8,-1925. "Serial No. 50,988.

To all whom it may co'l'rccimx Be'it known that Kn'rinPoirMni-z, a citi zen of the United States, residing at; Be midji, inthe county-of .Beltrami and State of Minnesota, has invented certain new anduscful Improvements "in an Incubator Attachment, of which the following is-a' specification.

The present invention relates toan incubator attachment and has for its.pr incipal object toprovidea.structure whereby it is possible toe-remove drych' cks from an incubator without changing the .tempera ture inside the. incubator.

Another important object of the 1. invention is to provide-an attachment of= this nature which may be easily and quickly associated with the incubator and which embodies. aiheatingrelement in the form of a hot water tank so that when the interior of the attachment is in communication with the interior of the incubator no cool air will be allowed to pass into the incubator.

At the present time it is most common to remove the dry chicks from the incubator by hand. In this practice considerable cool air is allowed to enter the incubator so that the chicks which hatch out later are frequently weak and sickly owing to the fact that the temperature of the incubator is too low for the wet chicks. My invention effectively overcomes these undesirable features of the present common method.

A still further very important object of the invention is to provide an attachment of this nature which is exceedingly simple in its construction, strong, durable, easy to manipulate, effective and reliable in use, and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in viewas will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a sectional view taken longitudinally through the attachment and a portion of an incubator, and

Figure 2 is a transverse section through the attachment.

Referring to the drawing in detail it will be seen that numeral 5 designates generally a box-like casing having one end closed by a transparency 6, while the other end is open. The casing 5 is divided into-compartments '7 and: Sby a removable partition 9 slidablethrough-the top of the oasto prevent air from escaping-betweenthe top wall -and the said slida'ble partition.

1ng, .su1table self-packing ltl being i'ltilrzed Thepartitionisslidablein channeled cleats 11 arranged vertically" on the sides ofthe casing interiorlythereof. An 'i-n-ve'rt'e'd L- sh'apedbracket arm 12 is-attached inany suitable manner to the casing 5 and-extends upwardly therefrom for engagement over the top of an incubator 'A. L-shaped bracketarms 13depend= from the-casing 5 and have screws l-ithrea'de'd through the en'd-s thereof Shoes 1 5 are provided on'the ends of the screws for engaging the bottom of the incubator A. It will thu's be-seen that the attachment may be readily associated with the end of the incubator so as to be supported thereon. The end of the incubator A to which the attachment is mounted is provided with a hingedly mounted door 16 which may be opened into the compartment 7 as is clearly shown in Figure 1. lVhen the attachment is in place access may be had to the door 16 for opening and closing the same, through a hinged door 18. A hot water tank 19 is sit uated in the top of compartment 8 and has a filling spout 20 rising therefrom upwardly through the top of the casing. The tank 19 extends to a point spaced above the bottom of compartment 8 and thus the chicks in the incubator may see light from the bottom of the glass wall 6 and thus be attracted into the attachment. The attachment is put in place on the incubator after the tank 19 has been filled with hot water and the partition 9 is opened or raised so as to give the air in the attachment an opportunity of circulating and becoming of an even temperature, that is, to become heated from the tank 19. The door 18 may then be opened for opening the door 16. The chicks which have become dry will then naturally step out into the attachment on the incubator. The door 16 may then be closed and the attachment removed so that the chicks may be placed in a brooder or any other desirable place.

The present embodiment of the invention has been disclosed merely by way of example, since in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description. It Will be apparent that numerous changes in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangements of parts may be re sorted to Without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter elanned or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my lnvention What I claim as new is:

1. An attachment for incubators including a box-like structure having one end closed with a transparency and the other end open, and a heating element in the case ing adjacent the closed end.

2. An attachment for incubators includ ing a box-like structure having one end closed with a transparency and the other end open, and a heating element in the easing adjacent the closed end, and means for closing the portion of the casing in which is disposed the heating element from the remaining portion thereof.

An attachment for incubators including a casing having an open end and a closed end, the latter having a transparency therein, and a heating element located in the casing adjacent the transparency, and a partition slidable transversely of the casing to shut off the heating element from the remaining portion of the casing.

d. An attachment for incubators includ ing a casing having an open end and a closed end, the latter having a transparency therein, a heating element located in the casing ad acent the transparency, and a partition shdable transversely of the casing to shut oit the heating element from the remaining portion of the casing, and a door hinged in the casing adjacent the open end thereof.

5. An attachment for an incubator, wherein the incubator is provided with an end Wall having an opening and a hinged closure for said opening, comprising a boxlike structure having an open end and a closed end, the latter end including a transparency, a hot water tank located in the casing adjacent the transparency, a partition slidable transversely across the interior of the casing, a door hingedly mounted adj acent the open end of the casing, and means for attaching the open end of the casing over the opening in the incubator.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

KATIE POMMER. 

